WAR ON DRUGS GOVERNMENT'S BIGGEST PROBLEM

Re: "Defend Amendment 20," Nov. 19 editorial.

I expect Attorney General Ken Salazar to assure that all the elderly in
Colorado are aware of the medical implications of cannabis during the most
uncomfortable parts of their frail lives. I expect Salazar to get the word
out to the elderly or those who may benefit but would not if it meant
breaking the law as before.

It seems that Salazar does not get it or doesn't want to. He opposed the
amend ment before the election.

Does failing to defend our will also include continuing to ignore the
racial discrimination and inhumane imprisoning of non-violent humans over
even a benign substance like cannabis?

My country is due for sensible, realistic revolutionary change, now.
Politicians are responsible for giving away something they have no right to
give away - our constitutional rights.

The government is too aggressive in discriminatorily jailing its citizens
and thus creating rampant contempt for government and its laws. Citizens
have lost their patience with the U.S. government's "war for profit."

It is becoming our biggest government problem due in part to political
leaders' resistance to healthy, needed change. I will vote for leaders who
are not afraid to make the necessary changes in our country's drug laws.
Jailing your neighbor for using cannabis is a sin.

Those who cage today may appear barbaric tomorrow. Those who vote to cage
are the problem, not cannabis.

Stan White, Dillon

(Editor's note: Salazar originally said he might not be able to defend
Amendment 20, but has since told The Post he believes it can be defended if
challenged.)